Book and Lyrics by Phillip Carlyle Wagner
Music and Lyrics by Beth DeVolder
Based on Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
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Ichabod
Tragically Comic Players, Vernon, BC
Musical Comedy/ 8 Characters, 4 Men, 4 Women/ Two Acts
Synopsis: A family musical set in the 1780s in the eerie Dutch settlement of Sleepy Hollow along the Hudson River. The jealous Brom cannot stand the graceful, educated Ichabod winning over his girl, Katrina, and will have none of Ichabod's flirting with the ladies. Determined to rid Sleepy Hollow once and for all of Master Ichabod's superior airs, Brom does not stop at just smashing pumpkins!
Children from five to 95 will enjoy the lively music and spirited antics of all the characters. Everyone sings and dances -- even the "horses." As in the classic Disney animated film, the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the chase is the climax. Watch out for Brom Bones' horse, Dare Devil, as he gallops after Ichabod Crane's horse, Gunpowder!
- Shoe String Children's Theatre
Contact information:
Amateur and Professional Rights:
Phillip C. Wagner
Artistic Director
Tragically Comic Players
1552 Creighton Valley Road
Lumby, BC, Canada
V0E 2G1
E-mail: phillipcwagner99@hotmail.com
Ph: (250) 547-6045
Actor, director, musician, and playwright Phillip C. Wagner studied playwriting at the University of Iowa, and both playwriting and directing at the University of Alberta. His play Murder at the Empress was first performed in Victoria by the Vancouver Island Players in 1979, and later adapted for a summer run at the Jasper Lodge in Jasper, Alberta.
Ichabod and the Headless Horseman premiered at the Four Seasons Musical Theatre in Victoria in 1986. Later it toured to 14 schools in Greater Victoria. In 2009, Phil joined forces with lyricist and composer Beth DeVolder to rewrite the music. The new Ichabod debuted at the Schubert Centre in Vernon, B.C. in 2009, and was remounted the next year at the Powerhouse Theatre in Vernon.
Currently the artistic director of the Tragically Comic Players in Lumby, BC, Canada, Phil is also a screenwriter and story editor.
Ichabod was first produced under the title Ichabod and the Headless Horseman by the Four Seasons Musical Theatre Company, Victoria, BC, Canada in 1986. The current version, with new music, was first produced by the Tragically Comic Players at the Schubert Centre, Vernon, BC, in 2009.
